VOCABULARY TEST(MULTIPLE CHOICE) 145

(1) orthodox


1) skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

2) put into words

3) full of pores

4) traditional

(2) elicit


1) somewhat saline

2) contemptible

3) draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)

4) abstaining from sexual intercourse

(3) tendentious


1) dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)

2) serious

3) promoting a particular point of view

4) taking pains

(4) parity


1) soak thoroughly

2) equality

3) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

4) turn into a god

(5) abridge


1) plunder

2) condense or shorten

3) domineering

4) not essential

(6) illusive


1) oversimplified

2) brilliant

3) believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided

4) deceiving

(7) hindmost


1) group that meets socially

2) deportment

3) gap

4) furthest behind

(8) check


1) stop motion

2) desert

3) elastic

4) reproduce

(9) cajole


1) supposed

2) persuade by praise or false promise

3) one that has been excluded from a society

4) restore to a previous condition or position

(10) mendicant


1) having a backbone or spinal column

2) change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)

3) impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)

4) beggar

(11) doom


1) condemnation to a severe penalty

2) trifles

3) set right

4) group of animals

(12) prod


1) evil schemes or plots

2) poke (with a pointed object)

3) stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

4) abstain from

(13) agenda


1) items of business at a meeting

2) humiliation

3) de) front or face (of building)

4) giving off an odor

(14) amenable


1) obedient

2) compensation (for loss or wrong)

3) satisfy to the full

4) impressionable

(15) stamina


1) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain

2) speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

3) anger

4) power of endurance

(16) chassis


1) framework and working parts of an automobile

2) deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

3) make discontented

4) (of water) cover completely

(17) rag


1) scrap of cloth

2) not good-looking

3) crush or grind into very small particles

4) impressive

(18) noisome


1) foul smelling

2) cock

3) bombastic

4) not native

(19) potable


1) arrangement of masts and sails

2) participation

3) (of things and place) dirty and dull

4) suitable for drinking

(20) septic


1) quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)

2) voters represented by an elected official

3) of or causing sepsis

4) move or throw suddenly and quickly

(21) token


1) clergyman attached to a chapel

2) rejoice

3) language used by special group

4) outward sign

(22) deplete


1) room to move

2) goodness

3) reduce

4) dreamily or deeply thoughtful

(23) salubrious


1) healthful

2) act of reciting publicly

3) make whole

4) become less severe

(24) regale


1) entertain

2) rapture

3) of a sect

4) restore to proper condition (health or useful life)

(25) threat


1) burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection

2) sign or warning (of coming danger)

3) farewell or departure

4) woman who rules a family or larger social group